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British Geological Survey (BGS) Bedrock Maps04/02/2009 17.20 update: Apologies if your getting this message"The bandwidth or page view limit for this site has been exceeded and the page cannot be viewed at this time. Once the site is below the limit, it will once again begin serving as...

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From the Free Our Data Blog:A new No.10 petition: FREE the PostZon and help innovate the UK Geo-spatial industry(We are in 21st Century now aren't we?)Mark Goodge added this as a comment to the data.gov.uk post, but it seems worth making more visible. So here it is:This is not...

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Mobile GeoRSS Maps *Beta* (by Map Channels)"The easy way to add mapping for mobile websites"Mobile GeoRSS Maps combines the Google Maps v3 API and Google Feeds API to display a GeoRSS feed on a map that is optimized for mobile phone display.Create your own Map with feeds for your mobile,...

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Klencke Atlas (BIG Maps in a BIG Book)350 Years old, the Klencke is still the largest Atlas in the world on display in London soon at the British Library. dimenions 1.75 metres (5ft) tall and 1.9 metres (6ft) wide"It takes six people to lift it and has been recorded...

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Google Geocoder Suggests (Esa's Experiments)Google has had the 'suggest' option on the main site for a while, yet when you go to the maps you need to know your destination, now you can get help with a geocoder extended with a suggest.Ahead of the game with Google Map API is...

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Big News - Nokia Ovi Maps Free for Lifeupdated 5.07pm 21/01/2010No more subscriptions, Ovi Maps with Navigation (Walking, Driving) is now Free.*N97 soon after firmware update release.update N97 users: "New Ovi Maps for N97 will be available on 28th January 2010." with Maps v3.3 included in the firmware update.note:some N97...

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Bing Destination Maps (Map App)Bing Maps Destination Maps (Map App) European Map Style.Bing Map Explorer moved out of beta today, and some new experimental 'Map Apps' have appeared in a continuing effort to make Bing Maps more widley used.The Maps are customised by dragging the edges of the rectangle.Maps...

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OSM Routing for Port-au-Prince in Haitiupdate: 7pm 18/01/2010Earthquake Geospatial Research PortalFree GIS datasets and online resources related to the Haiti Earthquake can be found here.http://cegrp.cga.harvard.edu/content/haiti-earthquake-dataOpen Street Map doing outstanding work (and too many people to thank)Fully Routing with barriers and obstacles where known.Haiti Special - OpenRouteService.org Routing & Mapping can...

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New Bing Streetside Coverage: Vancouver and Whistler for the Winter Olympics 2010Blue represents the Bing Streetside coverage for Vancouver show here.Downtown Vancouver, lots of big features gearing up the Winter Olympics 2010 will be held on 12th–28th February.Whistler is also in the streetside coverage. Lot of building and...

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Edmonton Opens Up City DataThe City of Edmonton in Alberta, Canada is following suit of Vancouver and Toronto and opening up city (public) data.Data available now (more available after review of the community preview Feb 2010).2009 Census - Age and Gender2009 Census - Dwelling Unit OwnershipBus Stops Edmonton Transit ...

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New Yell Maps Beta 2010 OnlineNew cleaner, faster yell maps, helps users locate local directory listings faster. optional is to display Points of Interest (POI) surrounding the local area.Yell, the search directory business, is introducing a 'bespoke local business' mapping solution on its Yell.com service. Yell.com Maps has...

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Switch Maps (Google,Yahoo,OSM, Bing...) in One MapMap Channels have released Switch MapsSwitch Maps - Straight forward, easy to use and embed in your website or blog.(Just copy and paste the code)Switch Maps allow you to create a map that contains:Google MapsGoogle Earth (3D Globe) - plugin requiredStreet ViewBing MapsBing Maps...

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Photospots.co.uk Maps (OS & Google)"A website for amateur photographers to share their favourite photography locations."Very clean site with direction of the sun and location of the photograph clearly show for each individual shot.UK photograph locations have the additional maps from Ordnance Survey OpenspaceSwitching from Google Maps to Ordnance Survey is...

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What happens when you combine Ovi Maps and Ovi Games? Ovi Maps Racing is what happens – another gaming title announced today by Nokia, coming soon to the Ovi Store."In a truly unique experience, you use the GPS in your device to find your location or use Ovi Maps to...

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A Real Snow Map #uksnowupdated 17.51 06/01/2010via @jasonhesseMore Interactive Maps arehttp://www.raintoday.co.uk/The Met Office Invent sitehttp://www.metoffice.gov.uk/public/pws/invent/weathermap/BBC Weatherhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/weather/forecast/10209Wundergroundhttp://www.wunderground.com/global/UK.html #uksnow Map 2.0http://uksnow.benmarsh.co.uk/UK Snow Dynamic Crowd Sourced MapsThe UK has been experiencing a snow storm recently and people have been tweeting about it!. This page has been setup, as part of my research...

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Met Office Data - Visualisation with MapsSee the power and innovation of Opening up Government Data.*in less than a month.In late 2009 the UK Government launched an Open Data initiative, headed by Sir Tim Berners-Lee, along with a call for innovations challenging the developer community to make this...

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The London Of Sherlock Holmes...MappedThe New movie and the New Map of LocationsFind the locations of Sherlock Holmes and even some answers to clues on this Map of Sherlock Holmes in London.The whole world is about to go Sherlock Holmes bonkers, due to the Warner Brothers movie starring Robert Downey...

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'Ordnance Survey Free' 23rd December 2009The document that everyone has been waiting for ;"Policy options for geographic information from Ordnance Survey Consultation"Will the Ordnance Survey Website have a direct link to your free data in April 2010?Ordnance Survey Free products from 1 April 2010 is shown below. It includes digital...

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OpenOrienteeringMapOpenOrienteeringMap is an orienteering map of the whole of the UK, based on OpenStreetMap data. There are two map types – “Street-O” and “Pseud-O”.OpenOrienteeringMap Pseud-O Map ModeThe Pseud-O map is a less serious map (as the level of detail in OSM is not sufficient for “proper” orienteering maps)...

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Live Snow Radar Map UK*almost livePink and Red highlights snowfall - blue and purple represents rain."Radar is a remote sensing tool used by weather forecasters to analyse the extent and intensity of precipitation. Radar detects objects by transmitting radio waves which are reflected back to the starting point...

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Crash Map: Death on Britain's roadsNot a great topic be but a blunt reality..."For an everyday activity, travelling by road is probably the riskiest thing many of us do on a regular basis."The map spans dates from 1999 to 2008 and highlights where deaths occured and what nature and how...

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Mapquest Streetview (called 360) - Street Level ImageryYou can now view MapQuest Maps in a whole new way. We have developed a simple, easy-to-use interface that fits seamlessly into the MapQuest mapping experience you have come to know and understand. 360 View provides fantastic panoramic views (360° horizontally and 160°...

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Planning a big event? - Marquee Venues MappedThere are maps for almost anything, here is a site that can give you access to marquee sites and locations in South East England.These are for small to very large events (weddings, rock festivals, sport events and corporate events.Numerous locations that can accommodate...

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Birds Eye View - Google Maps API- Aerial Imagery*limited coverage currently**currently only available via the Google Maps API V2)Users of Bing Maps (Virtual Earth/Live Maps fame) will recognised this maptype.New Map Mode - Tilted Aerial Imagery comes to the Google Maps API.(techies call it oblique aerial and its taken from...

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Ordnance Survey Ireland Map 'Shop' ViewerMap Viewer, shop by map, digitised/scanned maps all in one location Between 1829 and 1842 Ordnance Survey Ireland (OSI) completed the first ever large-scale survey of an entire country. Acclaimed for their accuracy, these maps are regarded by cartographers as amongst the finest ever produced....

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